¡Hola from Chicago!

Posted by Rob on Jun 17, 2012 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments Another gorgeous, warm day in Chicago. Maureen wanted to shop for some Cowboy Boots and there’s a very large western wear outlet in a predominantly Mexican part of town, called Alcala. It’s bigger then the ones we’ve seen in Texas. Now, Chicago is known for deep-dish pizza, Italian beef, hot dogs and bratwurst, reflecting the hearty European stock that settled the mid-west, and...
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RT13: Into the Windy City!

Posted by Maureen on Sep 7, 2011 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Road Trip, Travel | 1 comment Up early for an early start. We want to be in Chicago for lunch. Time is short and we want to experience as much of Chicago’s offerings as possible. It is a cool 59 degrees. I do not acclimatize backwards well and am longing for the 106 degrees of last week. The two-hour drive is pleasant enough: cows, cornfields, pale bleached-out skies, tall, yellow wildflowers and on our approach to the...
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Ceviche: Mexico on the Deck

Posted by Maureen on Jun 28, 2011 in HM Kitchen | 1 comment I have always loved the fresh flavours of ceviche. Ceviche is a technique that “cooks” protein with acid. I first had this dish  sometime ago on Shell Island off Turks and Caicos. Our family was on vacation and we went conch diving. Conch feed in waters, ten to twelve feet deep, with a grassy bottom. We dove with masks and snorkels. After we collected a number of beautiful conchs,...
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